Historical Question: Examine how the British East India Company could have avoided the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Context: Once England colonised India‚ there was a lot of hostility‚ which was the long-term cause for the Indian Mutiny. What sparked the rebellion however was when‚ new rifles were provided for the soldiers of the East India Company. The guns had paper cartridges that came pre-greased and they had to be bitten open. Both Hindu and Muslim soldiers were angry with this as they believed
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So they started coming up with for 1929 Act. In 1927 British Government appointed a commission to draft coming constitution that is referred to as Simon Commission. There was no representative of Indians in this Commission that’s why all the parties decided to boycott of this commission except Shafi League. There was great bitterness among Indians as a result of they were waiting for last 10 years. Congress wanted a clear declaration from British Government that
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Racial arrogance - on the part of the British created resentment by Indians. They were treated as second-class citizens and were given only the poorest jobs. British in positions of power‚ such as General Mayo (Viceroy of India) openly made statements of racial superiority. Educated Indian professionals - felt they were denied equal opportunities within the "machinery" of British rule (such as the Indian Civil Service). They founded a nationalist movement that initially sought equal status for
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seats in the elections of 1946. After the British and Congress backed out of the Cabinet Mission Plan Jinnah called for a Direct Action Day to achieve the formation of Pakistan. The direct action by the Muslim League and its Volunteer Corps‚ resulted in massive rioting in Calcutta between Muslims and Hindus/Sikhs. As the Indian National Congress and Muslim Leaguefailed to reach a power sharing formula for united India‚ it prompted both the parties and the British to agree to independence of Pakistan and
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Located in the northwestern part of the South Asian subcontinent‚ Pakistan became a state as a result of the partition of British India on August 14‚ 1947. Pakistan annexed Azad (Free) Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947-48. Initially‚ Pakistan also included the northeastern sector of the subcontinent‚ where Muslims are also in the majority. The East Wing and West Wing of Pakistan were‚ however‚ separated by 1‚600 kilometers of hostile Indian territory. The country’s East Wing‚ or East Pakistan
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Judiciary of Indian Subcontinent The present legal and judicial system of Bangladesh owes its origin mainly to two hundred years British rule in the Indian Sub-Continent although some elements of it are remnants of Pre-British period tracing back to Hindu and Muslim administration. It passed through various stages and has been gradually developed as a continuous historical process. The process of evolution has been partly indigenous and partly foreign and the legal system of the present day emanates
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India from British rule during the waning years of World War II. Bose‚ who had been ousted from the Indian National Congress in 1939 following differences with the more conservative high command‚[3] and subsequently placed under house arrest by the British‚ escaped from India in early 1941.[4] He turned to the Axis powers for help in gaining India’s independence by force.[5] With Japanese support‚ he organised the Indian National Army‚ composed largely of Indian soldiers of the British Indian army
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Leader’. Mohammed Ali Jinnah was born on 25 December 1876 in Karachi‚ now in Pakistan‚ but then part of British-controlled India. His father was a prosperous Muslim merchant. Jinnah studied at Bombay University and at Lincoln’s Inn in London. He then ran a successful legal practice in Bombay. He was already a member of the Indian National Congress‚ which was working for autonomy from British rule‚ when he joined the Muslim League in 1913. The league had formed a few years earlier to represent the
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movement in India began‚ India was a British Colony since the 1760s. Prior to British imperialism and colonialism in India‚ many Indians hand craft their tools and clothes for survival. Since the British took over most of India due to the British’s commercial interests in the region of India. The British East India Company defeated the Newab of Bengal which
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Wesley Canhedo Global History From 1648 Hinduism With over 900 million followers‚ Hinduism is the third largest religion today. Only Christianity and Islam have more. The major difference between them though‚ is that Hinduism did not spread like the other two religions. Out of the 900 million followers that the Hindu religion has‚ only 20 million are located outside of India. The religion barely spread outside of India‚ mainly because of how the Hindu religion is followed and how its
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